The CBI on Thursday conducted searches at the premises of former AAP MLA and party’s Gujarat polls co-incharge Durgesh Pathak after registering an FIR against him for allegedly receiving foreign donations for his party in contravention of FCRA norms, officials said.

Besides Pathak, the agency booked another office bearer of the party Kapil Bhardwaj (now deceased) in the case. The FIR was registered on a complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs which had alleged that the party had received foreign donations in contravention of the provisions of Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act (FCRA) 2010 (as amended in 2020).